Lachine Rapids
The Lachine Rapids (
The Lachine Rapids are now passed by the South Shore Canal (Saint-Lambert and Côte Sainte-Catherine locks) of the
Wildlife
The rapids contain a number of islands used by
History
The first European to see the rapids was
The first Europeans known to have traveled above these rapids were Champlain and Étienne Brûlé on the 13 June 1611. Brûlé continued upriver to live among the Algonquin, while Champlain himself would not travel further up the Ottawa River until May 1613. Louis Jolliet's July 1674 canoe accident in the rapids destroyed his official report on the existence of the Mississippi River, and raised the standing of his fellow explorer Jacques Marquette.[3]
The first person to design a ship capable of shooting the Lachine Rapids was shipbuilder and carpenter John McQuaid, a native of County Armagh, Ireland who later settled in Kingston, Ontario with his family.[citation needed]
Recreation
References
- ^ Birding sites Archived 2005-02-09 at archive.today
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rapides de Lachine Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jolliet or Joliet, Louis" in The New Columbia Encyclopedia. Columbia University, 1975.
- ^ UK rivers guidebook Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Montreal Mirror
- ^ Habitat